Spoilers for The Red Mansion, Daiyu’s mentality is broken

Chapter 326 Insidious and cunning
The pawn shop clerk saw clearly the two words written on the man's hand and couldn't help laughing.

After a while, he smiled and bent over, squatting on the ground.

The shopkeeper took a look out of curiosity and couldn't help laughing.

He couldn't help but said: "That man, you wrote the word "Run" on your hand, and then you came to my pawn shop, and you kept saying you wanted to pawn five taels of silver. This is a bit ridiculous!"

"This is not a place for you to run wild. Leave me now. If you don't leave, I will call the police and I will arrest you and put you in jail."

The defendant man asked with a dull look on his face: "Shopkeeper, what are you talking about? You said the word "Run" written on the palm of my hand is "Run fast?"

"How is this possible? These are clearly two words written on the palm of my hand by the county magistrate. It was the county magistrate who asked me to come to the pawn shop to pawn five taels of silver. This..."

As he spoke, the defendant's simple and honest face suddenly showed a thoughtful look.

The next moment, he clenched his fists, turned around and ran away.

Although he is not smart enough, why can't he figure it out now?

Where did the county magistrate ask him to go to the pawn shop to pawn money?It was clearly telling him to run quickly.

He suddenly remembered that in the lobby just now, the county magistrate asked the scholar if he knew which village he was from and what his name was.
Xiucai Gong didn't know at all. He wanted to report which village he was from and his name, but the county magistrate wouldn't let him.

At that time, I was still complaining about the county magistrate, thinking that the county magistrate did not care about their poverty.

Looking back now, he realized that the county magistrate did not allow him to tell his village and name, and he clearly meant to let him go, so that he would not have to compensate the scholar.

And I still doubted the county magistrate. It was really inappropriate!

Thinking of this, the defendant man couldn't help raising his hand and slapped himself twice.

Next, he quickly slipped out of the city and disappeared.

In the lobby of the county government office, everyone was quietly waiting for the defendant to return.

The plaintiff Song Qing, Cao An and Song Wen were all waiting to see the new county magistrate's joke.

However, they waited neither left nor right, and were unable to wait for the accused man to return.

Jia Huan had already taken out the manuscript and continued writing the book leisurely.

Half an hour passed, but the person still didn't return. Song Qing finally realized that something was wrong.

He couldn't help but ask: "Your Majesty the County Magistrate, why hasn't the defendant's mud-legged son returned yet? Is it possible?"

Jia Huan nodded in agreement and said, "Yes, the distance from the county government office to the pawn shop is not very far. According to common sense, we should return."

"Come here, look for the defendant. Where is the defendant? Bring him back."

"Yes, my lord."

After a while, the officer who went out to look for someone came back and he replied:

"Sir, I went out and searched several pawn shops, but I didn't see anyone."

This made Song Qing, Cao An and Song Wen dumbfounded. Did they run away?

Song Qing couldn't help but said: "Sir, could it be that the person ran away?"

Jia Huan sighed and said, "Maybe he ran away with the money, or maybe he couldn't find the pawn shop, or maybe he got lost."

"By the way, I want to ask you, who is the defendant's surname? Where does he live?"

Song Qing replied in shock: "Sir, the student didn't know about it. The student told you from the beginning."

Snapped!
Jia Huan was shocked and shouted: "As the plaintiff, you don't know the name of the defendant? You don't know where the defendant is from? How can I decide the case if you don't know three questions?" Song Qing said angrily and anxiously: " Why did your Excellency say this? It was obviously Your Excellency who let the person run away!"

Snapped!
Jia Huan slapped the wooden door and shouted: "Bold maniac! How dare you question me? If you weren't a student, I would have someone beat you up."

Song Qing hurriedly defended: "Sir, if you hadn't asked the plaintiff to go to the pawn shop just now..."

Jia Huan didn't wait for him to finish speaking, then he slapped the gavel and said, "How dare you! You still dare to quibble, come here, I'll kick him out!"

The county magistrate gave the order, and immediately several wolf-like officers stepped forward, directly held up Song Qing, and carried him out. The hall was finally quiet.

It was only then that Song Qing, Cao An and Song Wen realized that the new county magistrate, whom they had thought was absurd and confused, had seen through their scheme from the beginning.

Then he let the defendant go quietly, and they didn't even know the defendant's name. Where could they find someone at this moment?

Even the defendant could not be found, so the case naturally dropped.

The trap they jointly set up was broken so easily by the new county magistrate.

Cao An and Song Wen came to another place.

Song Wen couldn't help but said: "Master Cao, although this dog official is young, he is very cunning. I think you should find an opportunity to expose the fact that he lost his official seal as soon as possible, and then spread the news."

"In this way, we can take off his official hat, or even cut off his dog's head."

Cao An said: "Today is his second day in office. We can't act too hastily. Otherwise, even if we can get him down, we may not be able to do well."

"I have my own plans for this matter, so don't worry about it. Just let him be arrogant for a few more days."

Hearing this, Song Wen could only nod his head and said: "Master Cao has considered it right, so let him be arrogant for a few more days."

……

At noon, Jia Yun rushed back.

However, he did not enter the county government office. Yesterday, he just rode his horse into someone and beat them. The man he beat was the second and third-ranking son of the county government office.

It would be too arrogant for him to arrogantly enter the county government office now.

You can't be proud anymore. If you take advantage, you have to learn to let it go.

Jia Yun called Jia Huan out.

The two went directly to a nearby restaurant, booked a private room, ordered food and drinks, and chatted while eating.

Jia Yun couldn't help but said: "Third Uncle, I asked Brother Ni to go out to inquire about information, and I really asked him to find out something."

"Brother Ni said that this morning in the gambling house, a street gangster named Hun Jianglong suddenly got angry and had a huge gamble in the gambling house."

"I heard him brag that he did a big thing. It's hard to say much now. You will know what I am capable of in a few days!"

"People asked him what big thing he had done, but he just didn't say anything. When he was asked anxiously, he said it was definitely a big thing in Ping'an County. He can't tell now. We will know in a few days."

"After I learned the news from Brother Ni, I guessed that the person who stole the official seal was most likely this Hun Jianglong."

"Should we arrest this Hunjianglong now? Please give me your instructions, Third Uncle."

After thinking for a while, Jia Huan said: "Brother Yun, don't touch this Hunjianglong for the time being. Although it is very likely that he stole the official seal, it may not be in his hands now."

"If we catch him now, we might be able to alert the enemy. By the way, go and find out who this Hunjianglong is working for?"

(End of this chapter)